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Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Philippines

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, C) speaks during a visit to a liquefied natural gas terminal in Batangas on the Philippines' main island of Luzon on May 1, 2026. The terminal, operated by Japan's Tokyo Gas Co. and local energy provider First Gen, is intended to meet strong power demand in the Philippines.

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Football: ACLE

Machida Zelvia captain Gen Shoji encourages teammates after Al Ahli's Feras Al Brikan opens the scoring in the first half of extra time during the Asian Champions League Elite final in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 25, 2026.

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Myanmar's 1st general election since 2021 coup

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who leads Myanmar's junta, meets the press after casting his ballot at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw on Dec. 28, 2025, for the country's first general election since a 2021 coup.

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Myanmar's 1st general election since 2021 coup

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, (R) who leads Myanmar's junta, arrives at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw on Dec. 28, 2025, for the country's first general election since a 2021 coup.

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Myanmar's 1st general election since 2021 coup

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, (R) who leads Myanmar's junta, shows his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw on Dec. 28, 2025, for the country's first general election since a 2021 coup.

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Kenya: Nationwide Anti-Government Protests Mark Deadly 2024 Anniversary 3

This video shows tires and other objects burning on a street in Makongeni, Thika. Major cities across Kenya came to a standstill on Wednesday, June 25, as thousands protested to mark the first anniversary of the deadly Gen Z-led demonstrations last year. Protesters marched through Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisii, Nyeri, and Nakuru, demanding justice, police reform, and government accountability. Clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police, especially in Nairobi's CBD and along major roads like Thika Road. Roads were barricaded, bonfires lit, and businesses shut down. Police responded with tear gas and live ammunition in some cases, leaving multiple people injured.

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President Trump Reviews Troops - USA

Jan 20, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, left and Army Maj. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, right, watch a pass in review of troops in Emancipation Hall during 2025 Presidential Inauguration events at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jasper Colt/POOL/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump Reviews Troops - USA

Jan 20, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, left and Army Maj. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, right, watch a pass in review of troops in Emancipation Hall during 2025 Presidential Inauguration events at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jasper Colt/POOL/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump Reviews Troops - USA

Jan 20, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, left and Army Maj. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, right, watch a pass in review of troops in Emancipation Hall during 2025 Presidential Inauguration events at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jasper Colt/POOL/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump's Former Chief Of Staff Called Him A 'Fascist'

File photo dated May 7, 2018 shows White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attends the Launch of First Lady Melania Trump's Initiatives in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA. Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was former President Donald Trump‘s longest-serving chief of staff, called Trump’s leadership style “dictatorial,” “fascist” and lacking empathy in new interviews this week. Now Vice President Harris, who is trying to peel off moderate Republican voters and independents in key swing states, is seizing on those warnings to bolster her argument that her opponent is a threat to democracy and too dangerous to hold the office. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

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MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

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MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

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MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

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Chinese-funded wind power project fully put into operation in Bangladesh

STORY: Chinese-funded wind power project fully put into operation in Bangladesh SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cox's Bazar wind plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HEI ZHAO, General manager of Bangladesh division of Wuling Power Corp. 3. various of workers of the plant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MD. ABDUL KADER GONI, Executive engineer of the Bangladesh Power Development Board 5. various of Cox's Bazar wind plant STORYLINE: The Cox's Bazar wind plant, the first centralized wind power project in Bangladesh funded and built by Chinese companies, became fully operational on Sunday with the installation of the last wind-driven generator. The wind power project, located in Bangladesh's southeastern Cox's Bazar district, some 400 km away from the capital Dhaka, is invested by Wuling Power Corp., a subsidiary of China's State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), and built by PowerChina Chengdu Engineering Corp. Hei Zhao, gen

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Press conference on the Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system

09.02.2024, Tallinn. Long-range anti-ship missile system arrives in Estonia. Estonia purchased the Blue Spear, a fifth-generation missile developed by the Israel-Singapore joint company, in 2022, becoming the first country to buy the system. Press conference with Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Gen. Martin Herem, Navy Capt. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, deputy commander of the Estonian Navy, Ramil Lipp- armaments category manager at the RKIK, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Japan-France defense cooperation

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura (R) shakes hands with Gen. Stephane Mille, chief of staff of the French Air and Space Force, during a ceremony marking their first-ever joint fighter jet drill at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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UGANDA-ENTEBBE-FORMER LRA FIGHERS-COMING HOME

(230723) -- ENTEBBE, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja (C, front) greets the group leader Maj. Gen. Ali Acaye while receiving the homecoming former fighters of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group and their families at the Entebbe military airbase, Uganda, July 22, 2023. Uganda on Saturday received 14 former fighters of the notorious LRA rebel group repatriated from the Central African Republic. The first batch of former rebels led by Maj. Gen. Ali Acaye, alias "Doctor", together with 14 of their wives and 33 children who have been holed up in the jungles of CAR, arrived at Entebbe International Airport, 40 kilometers south of Kampala, the capital city, by a chartered flight. (Photo by Samuel Okiror/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-ENTEBBE-FORMER LRA FIGHERS-COMING HOME

(230723) -- ENTEBBE, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Former fighters of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group and their families disembark from a chartered plane at the Entebbe military airbase, Uganda, July 22, 2023. Uganda on Saturday received 14 former fighters of the notorious LRA rebel group repatriated from the Central African Republic. The first batch of former rebels led by Maj. Gen. Ali Acaye, alias "Doctor", together with 14 of their wives and 33 children who have been holed up in the jungles of CAR, arrived at Entebbe International Airport, 40 kilometers south of Kampala, the capital city, by a chartered flight. (Photo by Samuel Okiror/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-ENTEBBE-FORMER LRA FIGHERS-COMING HOME

(230723) -- ENTEBBE, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A local band plays Ugandan traditional music to welcome the homecoming former fighters of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group and their families at the Entebbe military airbase, Uganda, July 22, 2023. Uganda on Saturday received 14 former fighters of the notorious LRA rebel group repatriated from the Central African Republic. The first batch of former rebels led by Maj. Gen. Ali Acaye, alias "Doctor", together with 14 of their wives and 33 children who have been holed up in the jungles of CAR, arrived at Entebbe International Airport, 40 kilometers south of Kampala, the capital city, by a chartered flight. (Photo by Samuel Okiror/Xinhua)

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India launches next-gen navigational satellite

STORY: India launches next-gen navigational satellite DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of launch of the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 STORYLINE: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said. The navigational satellite weighing about 2,232 kg was launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state. According to the ISRO, NVS-01 is the country's first second-generation satellite envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation services (NavIC). Officials said an indigenous atomic clock was flown in NVS-01 for the first time. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Chinese-Australian fashion designer creates bicultural "nostalgia" collection

STORY: Chinese-Australian fashion designer creates bicultural "nostalgia" collection DATELINE: May 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Australian Fashion Week 2. various of the runway show featuring Xizhu Wu as one of the Next Gen designers 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIZHU WU, Chinese-Australian designer 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XIZHU WU, Chinese-Australian designer STORYLINE: Xizhu Wu, recognized as one of the four emerging designers at Australian Fashion Week, recently concluded her first runway show at a renovated gallery in Sydney, beaming with joy and relief. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIZHU WU, Chinese-Australian designer "It's the first time having a proper runway show. So I'm very excited about it, but I'm feeling a lot more like relieved that, like, the show is over. Now. I can relax a little and move on and do the next thing." Wu grew up in south China's Guangdong Province until the age of five and then moved to Australia with her

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Cambodia celebrates 100-day countdown towards 32nd SEA Games

STORY: Cambodia celebrates 100-day countdown towards 32nd SEA Games DATELINE: Jan. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:52 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the stadium 2. various of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh delivering a speech 3. various of the celebration STORYLINE: Cambodia on Wednesday celebrated the 100-day countdown to the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, with a fireworks display, a drumbeat, martial arts performance, songs and dance. Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh, who is also the chairman of the Cambodia SEA Games Organizing Committee (CAMSOC), said the countdown affirmed the kingdom's readiness to welcome all athletes, sports officials, and visitors to the 32nd SEA Games. "With just 100 days to go, Cambodia will mark its sports legacy and fulfill its dream by hosting the SEA Games for the first time in 64 years," he said at the event held at the Morodok Techo National Stadium on the capital's northern suburb. At the event,

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahisa Ishimura (R) and Col. Rohit Kapil of the Indian Air Force shake hands at the ASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise from Jan. 16.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahisa Ishimura (R) and Col. Rohit Kapil of the Indian Air Force shake hands at the ASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise.

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Japan, China vice defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Kimito Nakae (L), Japan's administrative vice minister of defense, shakes hands with Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, at the Defense Ministry building in Tokyo on July 26, 2011. Their meeting was the first vice defense ministerial meeting between the two Asian countries since March 2008.

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New Japan air force chief Hokazono vows to follow gov't policies

TOKYO, Japan - New Japanese Air Self-Defense Force chief Gen. Kenichiro Hokazono speaks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 7 during his first press conference after being appointed to the post earlier in the day. He pledged to follow the policies of the government including its stance on World War II, taking a hard look at the release by his predecessor Toshio Tamogami of an essay denying Japan's wartime aggression.

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Japan shoots down mock ballistic missile in interceptor test

TOKYO, Japan - Major Gen. Hidetoshi Hirata (L), director of the Air Defense Command of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and Brig. Roger Mathews, commander of the U.S. 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, appear at a joint news conference at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Sept. 17, after the ASDF successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile. This is Japan's first test of a U.S.-developed land-to-air missile interception system deployed late last year, according to ASDF officials.

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Namie Asazuma, translator of 'Hadashi no Gen'(Barefoot Gen)

TOKYO, Japan - Namie Asazuma heads a group of mainly housewives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has translated into English ''Hadashi no Gen'' (Barefoot Gen), a well-known Japanese comic book series about a boy who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. San Francisco-based Last Gasp will publish the first two of the saga's 10 volumes by Aug. 6, 2004, the 59th anniversary of the bombing.

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(2)Protesters continue to demand Japan apologize for WWII sex slavery

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean women who were forced by the Japanese military into sexual slavery during World War II and their supporters hold a rally, the 600th since the first one was held 12 years ago, outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 17 to press their demand for an official apology and reparation from Japan. GEN

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Foreign Minister Kawaguchi talks with Myanmar's senior leader

YANGON, Myanmar - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawagauchi (C) tours Yangon's famous 100-meter-high Shwedagon pagoda on Aug. 4 after meeting with Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, first secretary of Myanmar's ruling junta. Kawaguchi will meet opposition leader Suu Kyi at her house on Aug. 5.

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Nakatani named new defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Gen Nakatani speaks at his first news conference as director general of the defense Agency on April 26. He is the first ex-Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officer to assume defense portfolio.

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Trade Minister Fukaya unveils assistance for Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Japanese International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt (R), first secretary of Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council, the country's military government, May 1 in Yangon. Fukaya unveiled an assistance package to help Myanmar develop human resources and nurture small and midsize firms as it makes the transition to a market economy. Fukaya is the first Japanese cabinet minister to travel to Myanmar since the junta took power in 1988.

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Russian army chief visits Japan

Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reviews an honor guard in a welcome ceremony at the Defense Agency on Friday, Dec. 4. Kvashnin, who arrived earlier Friday as the first top Russian military officer to visit Japan, is flanked by his Japanese counterpart, Adm. Kazuya Natsukawa, joint staff council chairman of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Begaj takes oath as new president of Albania

STORY: Begaj takes oath as new president of Albania DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Tirana CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the swearing-in ceremony STORYLINE: The newly-elected President of the Republic of Albania, Bajram Begaj, took oath in Tirana on Sunday at a swearing-in ceremony in the parliament. In his first address in front of the lawmakers as the president, Begaj, 55, declared that he will support and respect both the government and opposition's work, calling for cooperation between political parties instead of conflict. The president urged political parties to "get away from the politics of confrontation and replace it with the politics of dialogue." Begaj was elected president on June 4. A total of 83 lawmakers participated in the voting that took place in the plenary session in the parliament, where Begaj received 78 votes in favor, while four lawmakers voted against and there was one abstention. He was a major general (Maj. Gen) and held the post of

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Myanmar, China jointly produce COVID-19 vaccines

STORY: Myanmar, China jointly produce COVID-19 vaccines DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signature ceremony of Myanmar, China cooperation 2. various of the production line of COVID-19 vaccines STORYLINE: Myanmar launched the production of Myancopharm COVID-19 vaccines in Yangon on Wednesday at Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industry (MPI) in collaboration with China. Lt.-Gen. Aung Lin Dwe, secretary of the State Administration Council (SAC), said Myanmar has trialed and produced COVID-19 vaccines domestically in cooperation with Sinopharm CNBG. "Technology for vaccine production was obtained and foreign currency use would be reduced as Myancopharm COVID-19 vaccines were successfully produced in the country," he said. Chinese Ambassador Chen Hai said Sinopharm's cooperative Ready to Fill (RTF) Bulk vaccine plant with Myanmar is the Chinese pharmaceutical company's first COVID-19 vaccine plant officially put into operation in

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German navy frigate Bayern at Tokyo port

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (2nd from L) talks with Gen. Eberhard Zorn (far R), the German chief of Defense, after inspecting the German navy frigate Bayern at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on Nov. 5, 2021. The Bayern became Germany's first military vessel to make a port call in Japan in about 20 years. (Pool photo)

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German navy frigate Bayern at Tokyo port

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (C) and Gen. Eberhard Zorn (far R), the German chief of Defense, attend a joint press conference at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal after Kishi inspected the German navy frigate Bayern on Nov. 5, 2021. The Bayern became Germany's first military vessel to make a port call in Japan in about 20 years. (Pool photo)

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Jill Biden Visits Fort Carson Military Base - Colorado

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - First lady Jill Biden greets Maj. Gen. Matt McFarlane and his wife Kelly McFarlane during her visit to Fort Carson military base south of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Biden spoke and visited with military spouses, to celebrate spouses ahead of Military Spouse Appreciation Day, during the USO Military Spouse Connection event. Photo by Chancey Bush/ The Gazette/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Delivers First Joint Address To Congress - Washington

Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in attendance as Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Wednesday January 20, 2021. Photo by Melina Mara/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Delivers First Joint Address To Congress - Washington

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts talks with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley before President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan shoots down mock ballistic missile in interceptor test

TOKYO, Japan - Major Gen. Hidetoshi Hirata (L), director of the Air Defense Command of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and Brig. Roger Mathews, commander of the U.S. 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, appear at a joint news conference at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Sept. 17, after the ASDF successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile. This is Japan's first test of a U.S.-developed land-to-air missile interception system deployed late last year, according to ASDF officials. (Kyodo)

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New Japan air force chief Hokazono vows to follow gov't policies

TOKYO, Japan - New Japanese Air Self-Defense Force chief Gen. Kenichiro Hokazono speaks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 7 during his first press conference after being appointed to the post earlier in the day. He pledged to follow the policies of the government including its stance on World War II, taking a hard look at the release by his predecessor Toshio Tamogami of an essay denying Japan's wartime aggression. (Kyodo)

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Indian medical orderlies assisting with wounded

Photograph of Indian medical orderlies assisting with wounded from the Battle of the Admin Box, February 1944. Part of a collection of official photographs from Middle and Far East, World War Two (1939-1945). Collected by Maj Gen (later Lt Gen) Sir Frank Walter Messervy. The Battle of the Admin Box took place on the Southern Front of the Burma theatre in February 1944. The 5th and 7th Indian Divisions suffered over 7900 casualties, but successfully resisted Japanese attacks for the first time in the campaign. In doing so they pioneered methods which would lead to further Allied victories over the following year. Date: 1944

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Japanese, Indian defense ministers meet in New Delhi

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on July 14, 2016, the first day of Nakatani's three-day trip aimed at strengthening bilateral security ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo